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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 68
BY REPRESENTATIVE WILLMOTT
NURSES/NURSING PROGRAMS: Commends the La. State University Health Sciences
Center School of Nursing for providing exemplary nursing education for over
seventy-five years
A RESOLUTION1
To commend the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing for2
providing exemplary nursing education for over seventy-five years.3
WHEREAS, the School of Nursing of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences4
Center New Orleans is the only nursing school in this state which is part of an academic5
medical center; and6
WHEREAS, formal nursing education began in the Louisiana State University7
System in 1929; and8
WHEREAS, the Louisiana State University System approved a Bachelor of Science9
in Nursing Education (BSN Ed.) degree to be offered within the Department of Nursing10
under the General Extension Division as a department of Teachers' College of LSU, Baton11
Rouge in 1933; and12
WHEREAS, the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree to prepare nurse13
generalists was approved by the Louisiana State Board of Nurse Examiners in 1955; and14
WHEREAS, the Master of Nursing (MN) degree was approved by the LSU Board15
of Supervisors and Louisiana Board of Regents in 1972; and16
WHEREAS, the Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) degree program was17
approved by the LSU Board of Supervisors and Louisiana Board of Regents in 1973, with18
the final class to earn this degree graduating in 2000; and19 HLS 10RS-3924 ORIGINAL
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WHEREAS, the School of Nursing began offering continuing nursing education to1
licensed Registered Nurses in 1975; and2
WHEREAS, the Doctor of Nursing Science (DNS) degree was approved by the LSU3
Board of Supervisors and Louisiana Board of Regents in 1985; and4
WHEREAS, the School of Nursing continues to offer a Bachelor of Science in5
Nursing degree to prepare nurse generalists; a Master of Nursing degree to prepare Adult6
Health Clinical Nurse Specialists, Psychiatric-Community Mental Health Clinical Nurse7
Specialists, Advanced Public Health-Community Health Nurses, Nurse Anesthetists,8
Neonatal Nurse Practitioners, Primary Care Family Nurse Practitioners, and Nurse9
Administrators; a Master of Science in Nursing degree to prepare Nurse Educators; and a10
Doctor of Nursing Science degree to prepare nurse researchers; and11
WHEREAS, the mission of the School of Nursing is to provide local, national, and12
international leadership in the education of professional nurses to function as generalists,13
advanced practitioners, educators, scholars, and researchers who shape the delivery of14
nursing practice and education.15
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the16
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend the Louisiana State University Health17
Sciences Center School of Nursing for providing exemplary nursing education in this state18
for over seventy-five years.19
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted20
to the chancellor of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans.21
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Willmott HR No. 68
Commends the La. State University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing for providing
exemplary nursing education for over seventy-five years.